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    Bizarre wiper issue!

    2004 Aero convertible, 138000 km, only driven occasionally. Developed intermittent wiper issue a while ago - no parking of wipers, no washer - would only operate on high speed and I'd have to time the 'off" to park them. I tried a "fix" recommended by a few posters (refix the earth inside the wiper motor) but didn't work. Activating via tech2 wouldn't work so I assumed motor rather than switch. Went away on a trip over the last week, rainy weather, and after some manual operation suddenly seemed to fix itself - all operations normal, hooray, for hours and days. So I figured maybe not enough use and it was a switch/stalk issue after all. Coming home today all good as well, then suddenly they wouldn't switch off in any position, washer working, eventually got them to stop by cycling through all positions. Crazy!!
    Anyone had an issue like this? All indications maybe the stalk isn't used enough and bad contacts in there, but why wouldn't they operate normally when activated with Tech2?
    My 7th Saab so I'm used to the occasional (or regular) strange issues, but this has me stumped, and potentially a hazardous situation if they decide not to start rather than not to stop.
    Cheers.

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    Dave T.
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    Very bizzare. I think it's more likely a stalk issue but that is just a statistical guess, not a guess based on experience.

 

 

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